Herbert Hoover
President
1874-08-10
Quotes by Herbert Hoover
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Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)
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Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)
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The slogan of progress is changing from the full dinner pail to the full garage.
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Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.
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Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.
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It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.
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Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.
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At 17, I went to Stanford University to study engineering. My time was occupied with the required reading and the extracurricular duties of managing the baseball and football teams and earning my way.
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Those who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial expansion, for economic or other domination of other peoples. Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom.
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The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.
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Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.
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The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.
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It is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow... that are the aftermath of war.
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In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.
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When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.
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Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.
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A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity.
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There are only three ways to meet the unpaid bills of a nation. The first is taxation. The second is repudiation. The third is inflation.
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Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.
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Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
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